Just call Tom Holland your friendly neighborhood dealmaker.
After Disney and Sony last week suddenly resolved their differences and announced a deal to keep Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Hollywood Reporter now reports Holland was actually personally involved in making this happen.
The two studios had announced in August they would be going their separate ways and no longer sharing the character, meaning he wouldn't appear in Disney's Marvel universe anymore and would not return for any future Avengers films. As fans held out hope this might change, negotiations really were at one point completely dead, per the Reporter. But then Holland took matters into his own hands, with the Reporter writing he reached out to Sony Pictures chair Tom Rothman and was able to "leverage his clout" since he's to star in Uncharted for Sony.
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Beyond that, Holland also reportedly went as far as to reach out to Disney CEO Bob Iger and urge him to continue negotiations, which Disney had reportedly broken off in June. "Eventually, a thaw began between Sony and Disney after Holland showed them the outpouring of fan support," the Reporter writes.
Under the new deal announced last week, a third solo Spider-Man installment will be co-produced by Marvel Studios and hit theaters in 2021, and Holland will appear in another Marvel Cinematic Universe film. The deal only covers two films, though, meaning it may not be long before our resident Disney-Sony negotiator has to swing back into action and do whatever it takes to save Spider-Man once again.
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